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Dispositions and acquisitions and purchase of third-party ownership interests | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Dispositions and acquisitions and purchase of third-party ownership interests | (8) Dispositions and acquisitions and purchase of third-party ownership interests Six-month period ended June 30, 2016: Acquisitions: During the first six months of 2016, we paid approximately $28 million to acquire various businesses and property. In addition, during the second quarter of 2016, we paid $445 million in connection with the purchase of the minority ownership interests held by a third-party in our six acute care hospitals located in the Las Vegas, Nevada market which includes both the purchase price ($418 million) and return of reserve capital ($27 million). The ownership interests purchased, which range from 26.1% to 27.5%, relate to Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center, Desert Springs Hospital, Henderson Hospital (currently under construction), Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center and Valley Hospital Medical Center. Six-month period ended June 30, 2015: Acquisitions: During the first six months of 2015, we paid approximately $35 million to acquire: (i) a 46-bed behavioral health care facility located in the U.K. and; (ii) various other businesses, a management contract and real property assets.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for business combinations, including leverage buyout transactions (as applicable), and divestitures. This may include a description of a business combination or divestiture (or series of individually immaterial business combinations or divestitures) completed during the period, including background, timing, and assets and liabilities recognized and reclassified or sold. This element does not include fixed asset sales and plant closings. + References No definition available. + Details
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